AoR 142: Understanding Grazing Effects on Soil Carbon, the sequel with Dr. Paige Stanley

AoR 142: Understanding Grazing Effects on Soil Carbon, the sequel with Dr. Paige Stanley

Author: Tip Hudson October 17, 2024 Duration: 1:15:17
How do undergrazing and overgrazing affect soil carbon change? What does "optimal grazing" look like? This sequel episode with Paige Stanley goes deeper into the ways grazing factors affect the ecophysiology elements that are responsible for generating or release the various kinds of soil carbon. These changes remain difficult to quantify, but we can describe them. Listen in on this second interview from Dr. Stanley's review paper "Ruminating on soil carbon: Applying current understanding to inform grazing management." Transcript and links are available at the episode page: https://artofrange.com/episodes/aor-142-understanding-grazing-effects-soil-carbon-sequel-dr-paige-stanley.

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